Imaging Discovery Hub

This hub houses our research MRI --- the first in Canada to be child-friendly, customizable, immersive and fully accessible. Scientists can use this high-tech research equipment to study how the human brain develops in children and youth.
The research MRI was designed with kids in mind and co-created by scientists, clients, youth leaders and Holland Bloorview’s youth council. To make the MRI scanning experience not just comfortable, but a fun experience, kids can change images projected on various screens in the scanner room and even on the scanner itself so it resembles an ocean or outer space.
Watch this video of Zach, one of Holland Bloorview’s clients, demonstrating what a child can expect during a MRI scan for research purposes.